Schareholmane
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Schareholmane is a group of three larger and a few smaller islets east of Tiholmane
, part of Tusenøyane
, an archipelago south of Edgeøya
. The group includes Blokkøya
, Kvalbeinøya
and Havmerra
. The islets are named after Schare, a man, who, along with four others, was forced to overwinter here after they had lost their ship on September 3, 1833. All but one (who had died) were saved on June 22, 1834.
Tiholmane
Tiholmane is a group of ten small islands that form part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra and Rugla. The group also includes the smaller Sperra, Spunset, Bommen, Proppen, Rullesteinøya and Røysholmen.-References:* Norwegian...
, part of Tusenøyane
Tusenøyane
Tusenøyane is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane,...
, an archipelago south of Edgeøya
Edgeøya
Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. Its eastern...
. The group includes Blokkøya
Blokkøya
Blokkøya is an island in the southwestern part of Scareholmane, an island group in Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
, Kvalbeinøya
Kvalbeinøya
Kvalbeinøya is the northwesternmost island in Scareholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. The island derives its name from the fact that plains on the western side of the island are covered with whale bones.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
and Havmerra
Havmerra
Havmerra is an island in the eastern part of Schareholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. Sea horse is an old name for the Walrus. The island harbors the most important population of this species in the southeastern region of Svalbard.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
. The islets are named after Schare, a man, who, along with four others, was forced to overwinter here after they had lost their ship on September 3, 1833. All but one (who had died) were saved on June 22, 1834.